I don’t see it as negativity as much as I see it as realism. Just because we pulled off a big upset in overtime does not mean we’re back. I think Merlin was probably just letting us know we shouldn’t get our hopes up over this one game, and he’s right.

I also think that we are not the kind of franchise or fanbase that should be content with one big win. We got used to being a damn good team throughout the 90s and up until a couple years ago. We are not the Detroit Lions. We demand quality, we do not settle for mediocrity, and that is a good thing.

Now let’s see a win this week against the surging Chargers, and I may just change my tune a little bit.

Either way, I’m proud of my team for what we accomplished last week. GO CHIEFS!

Haley even said that while the win was big, “we are still a 3-7 team, but we are 2-0 in the third quarter of the season.”

I just wonder if the “reality check” posting is necessary at this time. “Now before people start to imagine going on a roll…,” sounds like a pre-emptive strike to me. While I do feel some apprehension about the teams ability to recreate another win like that in next weeks game, are there folks running around with crazed expressions calling for the Chiefs to win out the season or something?

I just don’t see the need for all that negativity is all.

Don’t get me wrong — this victory was HUGE, and it proves that we have the ability to be competitive. We are playing smart football right now. Matt Cassel is doing a really good job of taking care of the ball.

But if not for a Jamaal Charles kickoff return for a TD, we likely would not have made it to OT to try our luck. Fortunately for us, the Steelers special teams has been the weak point of the team, and we found a spark in the return game when we needed it most.

But we can’t expect to keep winning games like that. Giving up 500 yards of offense to your opponent is never a good strategy, and it will kill you 9/10 times.

Like I said, this win proves that we have the ability to be competitive… it does NOT, however, mean that the Chiefs are a good team yet.

“Look, I’m definately not going to complain about the stats if the Chiefs win, but you can’t get dominated every single game in yardage…” So you can’t have it both ways. Say you won’t complain about the stats and then complain about them. Unless yardage is no longer considered a stat.

If we can beat the Bills and the Browns and 1 team out of the other remaining 4 on our schedule we will have equalled the number of wins for the last 2 years.

Yes we had a chance to win all those games you mentioned. Now when we finally find a way to win, and beat the WORLD CHAMPION PITTSBURGH STEELERS and you complain we didn’t win it how you would have liked?

I agree. Our offense needs to give the D some rest. These 3 and outs are far too common and put our D on the field far too often. Our D needs to clean up the big plays and stop getting killed in the middle of the field. Tight ends have been killing us all year.

Right on Sgt!

Keeping these things in control will more than likely put you in position to be able to win the game, if you can close. These things were done, for the most part, and the Chiefs experienced what it takes to finish. That is HUGE. So maybe we haven’t turned the corner. But we have won more games so far this year than last. We have won at home finally. We are entering the “better” part of our schedule with momentum. We have learned that hard work does pay off.

So maybe we’re not in the playoff hunt, we are progressing. And isn’t that what we really wanted?

I guess what I am trying to say is anyone who thought the Chiefs would win more than 5-7 games with all the changes that happened was doing some wishfull thinking…